Definition of: feign

(fān)v.t.1. To make a false show of; simulate; pretend.2. To invent deceptively, as excuses.3. To make up or imagine, as myths or stories. —v.t.4. To pretend; dissimulate. See synonyms under ASSUME, PRETEND. ♦ Homophones: fain, fane.[<OF feindre <L fingere shape]—feign·ed·ly (fā′·nid·lē), —feign′ing·lyadverb—feign′ernoun